Study Abroad: SPAIN
Cinema and the City
Summer 2016 / June 14
– June 27
Application Deadline:
February 1, 2016
Come for 13 days to Madrid and Barcelona!
Talk to
filmmakers and urban activists; learn of Spanish film, and use photos and write
about your experiences!
This study abroad program will
introduce students to Spanish culture as it is linked to film culture and urban
life.
We will
visit Madrid and Barcelona, since each city represents a different side of
Spanish culture. Included are visits to Plaza Mayor, Plaza del Sol, Gran Via
and other places featured in past and current films. In Barcelona, we will
visit the Palau of Catalan Music and the buildings by Antonio Gaudi, identified
by UNESCO as part of its World Heritage list. Our focus on cinema’s
representation of cultural life will be complemented with an exploration of
street-level culture. We will meet film scholars, filmmakers, representatives
from media organizations, and local activists involved with a variety of urban
communication projects (e.g., green urbanism, hyperlocal journalism, mass
transportation expansion, housing, and cultural affairs).
Students
will have the opportunity to enhance their learning experience by creating a
visual portfolio that expresses, through a unique imagery, their impressions
and explorations of Spanish culture. Students will also write a journal, which
will help them discuss their experience abroad, as much as to create their own
portfolio. The program also includes a
visit to an authentic flamenco show, to the Reina Sofia Museum, a
graffiti tour, a visit to the filmotheques in both cities, and travel on the high-speed train from
Madrid to Barcelona.
Courses and Credits
In the Spring Quarter, students register for MCS 350/523 - Topics in Global Cinema: Spanish Cinema and Urban Communication. This course explores: 1) Spanish culture and society through cinema, and 1) Representations of cities as social and symbolic spaces. By the end of the course, students will understand that Spanish cinema is linked to the country’s political, social and economic evolution and will have acquired a set of tools to navigate both cities in Spain. This course counts toward the International Communication minor. 4 credits.
In the Summer Quarter, students register for CMN 398/CMN 598 - Study Abroad Spain: Cinema and the City. This study abroad program to Spain is designed both to introduce students to Spanish culture and society as it is connected to film culture and to understand urban life and the rapid changes taking place in Spain. We will meet film scholars, filmmakers, representatives from media organizations, and local activists involved with a variety of urban communication projects (e.g., green urbanism, hyperlocal journalism, mass transportation expansion, housing, and cultural affairs). This course fulfills the Junior Year Experiential Learning (JYEL) liberal studies domain. It also counts toward the International Communication minor. 4 credits. NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
In the Spring Quarter, students register for MCS 350/523 - Topics in Global Cinema: Spanish Cinema and Urban Communication. This course explores: 1) Spanish culture and society through cinema, and 1) Representations of cities as social and symbolic spaces. By the end of the course, students will understand that Spanish cinema is linked to the country’s political, social and economic evolution and will have acquired a set of tools to navigate both cities in Spain. This course counts toward the International Communication minor. 4 credits.
In the Summer Quarter, students register for CMN 398/CMN 598 - Study Abroad Spain: Cinema and the City. This study abroad program to Spain is designed both to introduce students to Spanish culture and society as it is connected to film culture and to understand urban life and the rapid changes taking place in Spain. We will meet film scholars, filmmakers, representatives from media organizations, and local activists involved with a variety of urban communication projects (e.g., green urbanism, hyperlocal journalism, mass transportation expansion, housing, and cultural affairs). This course fulfills the Junior Year Experiential Learning (JYEL) liberal studies domain. It also counts toward the International Communication minor. 4 credits. NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
Living
Arrangements
Students
stay in comfortable, conveniently located hotels at the center of each city.
Hotel accommodations are shared occupancy.
Costs
All students participating in study abroad will be charged both tuition
and a program fee. Tuition is billed at the students’ regular DePaul tuition
rate based on the number of credits enrolled. Program directors will talk about
program fee at information sessions.
Contact Info
Programs
directors: Prof. Daniel Makagon
dmakagon@depaul.edu and Prof. Luisela Alvaray lalvaray@depaul.edu
